Chapter 65: Keep playing
"Shambaught, Josh. Harrison, pay attention to the pick-and-roll and change the defense, and defend the three-pointer"
The Knicks coach shouted at the two, obviously he knew the technical characteristics of Chen Shu, and the three-point threat was very great. When Anthony saw this scene, he pouted, thinking that the coach was making a big fuss, but a rookie was lucky enough to score three points. He can only come to one of these three points once in a while, and he doesn't believe that this rookie can play like this all the time.
The Knicks possessed the ball, Chen Shu defended Shambaugh, no different from Nash, and under the disadvantage of strength and weight, he could only rely on his feet to adjust his defense without losing his position.
Even so, Shambaugh was unable to break through smoothly and struggled to attract the defence to create chances. You can only observe the movement of your teammates.
Time passed second by second, and Shambaugh didn't expect that this yellow man's seemingly thin body would bring him so much trouble. The teammates have been delayed for a long time, and it seems that the ball can only be singled.
With little time left to attack, Shambaugh squeezed Chen into a mid-range position that he was somewhat sure of. A shooting feint, want to point up Chen Shu, if Chen Shu jumps, you can make a foul, if not, then follow the jump shot.
A combination of a coherent set of real and false movements, but the feints did not shake Chen Shu, just when he wanted to jump and jump, the basketball had just been raised to his chest,
A "pop" sound came into my ears, and the feeling of a random basketball leaving my hands followed.
"Something bad." A thought crossed my mind.
"Beautiful, from rookie Chen beautiful single defense + steal, wow, the showdown between the first round pick and the undrafted draft, it is clear that the undrafted pick has the upper hand"
"Wow, this dribbling speed, beautiful, fast break 2 points"
"It's been a long time since I've seen a rookie like this, with great shooting and defense, and the key is that it's still an Asian American. Incredible"
"Hey, you're a little discriminatory."
"Hey, man, this is a live broadcast, you can't cheat me, what I said is just a fact, there is no successful Asian defender in the league at the moment, I don't want to be condemned by Asian friends." Smith pretended to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
In the United States, apart from the Chinese, few people would be optimistic about an Asian American defender because there is no precedent. And what Chen Shu wants to do is to break this status quo.
After Chen Shu stealed, he picked up the basketball and went straight to the front court, which exceeded the speed of 80 in itself, and took the lead, and the lever dodged the Chambaught who chased and blocked.
46:43。
Chen Shu, who has missed a few regular season games, is very excited and full of strength today, and he is born for the game at this moment.
"Coach, I think I can rest a little more today," Nash said to Gentry with a smile as he watched Chen's performance.
"Huh? Indeed, Chen, I am very excited today, maybe I have been holding it for too long, and I can see that he is a competitive player. I also want to see how good I can do in practice," Gentry responded.
Turning around, Shambaugh's mentality almost collapsed, and he was forced to shoot a three-pointer by an undrafted pick, and then he was stealed, and he came to face his own block and pull up the layup. He imagined that if he didn't do something about it, he would be a laughing stock after this game.
The Knicks didn't have much advantage on the outside, so they played inside, gestured to Jarred Jeffries, a simple tactic, the center blocked and dismantled quickly, taking advantage of Lopez's slow movement disadvantage, and Shambaugh hung Jeffries to catch a dunk in the air.
46:45。 With an assist, Shambaugh clenched his fist and couldn't afford to lose against a draft loss.
Chen Shu held the ball and attacked quickly, and the defensive Shambaugh played 120% of the spirit and defended 3-point defense according to the coach's requirements. Since he defended the three-point, Chen Shu did not stop the ball, shook his shoulders and broke through, attracting the defense of the interior line in place, and handed the basket to Lopez.
An easy layup and a 2-point score.
"Well done, Robin"
"It's all your credit, Chen" Robin understands that with his current strength, he relies heavily on the point guard to create opportunities for him.
"Hey, brother, don't forget to make me a ball," Morris licked his face and ran to Chen Shu and whispered.
"Haha, no problem, voila, Markieff"
The Suns' style is all about quick transitions and projections in basketball. Chen Shu's goal of attracting the defense has been achieved, and it is time to connect teammates.
Coming back, the Knicks continued to play inside, but this time Robin was in place, the empty catch didn't work, and Jeffries passed the ball to Josh. Harrison, mid-range jumper missed.
Morris grabbed the frontcourt rebound and handed it to Chen Shu and advanced quickly. The Knicks were gradually brought up the rhythm and defended quickly.
Everyone's chances are not very good, Chen Shu passes the outside line Reed, and then Chen Shu moves to the bottom line, Reid fakes a real pass and passes back to Chen Shu who runs to the bottom line.
Shambaugh was glued very tightly, Chen Shu kept the ball in his hand, plugged it with one hand, and immediately passed it to Morris who ran out of position, with a bonus to the shooting rate, Morris opened his hand and shot, and hit a mid-range jumper.
48:45。
"Good shot, Suns are really good rookies this year"
"Well, the Suns' multiple transmissions, playing beautiful combinations, the Suns can always play such coordination, and a mature offensive system is very important"
Chen Shu is an offensive point guard, which is rare in the current league.
Soon the third quarter was 7 minutes into the game, during which Chen Shu made three more 3-pointers, but only hit one. He also drew a foul on Shambaugh under the basket and made 2 of 2 free throws. Most of the time, it's spent connecting teammates.
However, the Suns have passed the ball a lot of times, and Chen Shu has received many passes to help the team, which is not reflected in the assist data.
Within 7 minutes, Chen Shu scored 3-of-5 from the field and scored 10 points and 3 assists. The aggregate score came to 60:54. Under Chen's leadership, the Suns led by 6 points.
The Knicks called a timeout, and both sides made another substitution, both fielding their starting lineups.
Originally, Chen Shu was still a little worried, whether he was going to replace Nash. After seeing that the coach did not replace himself, a heart was put back in his stomach.
It was a long timeout, and Chen Shu, who had played 7 minutes, was sweating profusely.
"Chen, do you need to rest?"
"Well, no, coach, my current fitness is almost enough to guarantee 30 minutes of play"
"Well, that's good"
Gentry talked about the next tactics, and the crowd was ready to play.
At this moment, a girl's voice came from everyone's ears
"Chen, Chen, come on"
Chen Shu looked back, and there was a beautiful girl with a big mouth waving to him not far from the away bench, it turned out to be Emma Roberts. When I played the Lakers away with the Bulls before, I asked him for an autograph. The location was so close, but I hadn't seen her before, so it was probably Roberts who had just changed seats.
"Haha, Chen, didn't expect you to be quite popular?" Hill teased.
Under the ridiculed eyes of everyone, Chen Shu nodded to Emma Roberts.
"Haha, my little brother, it's really amazing, not only is it not clear with Jenverny, but this is favored by Roberts, why didn't I have a star at that time" The cameraman captured this scene, and it was obvious that the narrator also saw it.
"Haha, the reason is very simple, compare your faces, and you will understand"
"Dude, do you mean I'm ugly?" Barkley is on the verge of fighting.
"Don't make a fuss, I mean everyone has a different eye for beauty," Smith explained with a wry smile.
"Well, that's pretty much it. Wait, you're still calling me ugly. ”
The two living treasures once again succeeded in amusing the audience.